2017

Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioha believes that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is getting set to take over power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019. He said the successful conduct…

Mr Lanre Ogunsuyi is Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Youths and Sports Development. He is an old horse who was a member of the old Ondo State Assembly. In this interview with WOLE BALOGUN, he spoke on various burning issues in the…

A 19-year-old woman has narrated to operatives of Lagos State Police Command how her ‘Madam’ assaults her daily, while the husband sodomises her at night. The Lagos-based couple is currently being investigated by the Police over physical…

The Aare Ona Kakanfo-designate of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, has declared that restructuring is the only solution that can stall the disintegration of Nigeria. According to him, Nigeria, as it is presently constituted, is not…

The performance of the Super Eagles at the forthcoming FIFA World Cup billed for Russia next summer would be determined by the Nigeria Football Federation, so says Jesus Ndongo. Ndongo, a former striker with the defunct Stationery Stores of…

STRONG indications have emerged that senators may be sharply divided today at the Senate Chamber over the approval given to the Federal Government by governors to take $1 billion in the nation’s Excess Crude Account, ECA, to fight…

THE Nigeria Police told the Senate that if it must perform effectively and efficiently, it would require  nothing less than N1.13trillion for its overhead cost annually, against N31.6billion earmarked for it in the 2017 budget. According to…

The Nigerian Army yesterday said its troops had killed 20 Boko Haram insurgents in a clearance operation in the Lake Chad Basin. Timothy Antigha, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 8 Division, made the disclosure in a statement in…

THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting yesterday approved over N377. 53 billion for projects covering roads, power, education, water, health among other projects, after over six hours meeting. Ministers of Transportation Rotimi…

THE Senate, the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern consultative Assembly (ECA) yesterday faulted the arrest and detention of the Managing Director of Innoson Motors, Dr. Innocent Chukwuma. The upper chamber, at…